The Lingnan MBA program’s mission is "Education for Service" and our  committment is to develop international business leaders.  Lingnan MBA students, faculty and staff advocate the values of being "Ethical, Pragmatic, Enterprising, Tolerant and Strategically-Minded". Our vision is "to become one of the foremost business schools in China and participate effectively with first-tier business schools in the Asia Pacific regions".

The Lingnan International MBA program was launched in 1999 and  developed in conjunction with  MIT Sloan School of Management. All courses are taught in English and MIT Sloan MBA curriculum and teaching methods have been adopted in the program.. The International MBA program has both Full-time (2 years) and Part-time (3 years) options. International MBA students will be awarded the Master of Business Administration degree of Sun Yat-sen University and MIT certification upon graduation which requires  successful completion of courses and successfully passing their thesis defense.